Anything U.S. Navy. Especially ships.
>>2509231
I'll be there for a few days next month.
>>2509233
Are you enlisted in the Navy or just going to Virginia for vacation?
>>2509228
>>2509241
Officer. Going to do a ship ride with ATG to do some engineering drills as the final part of an engineering school I'm going through right now.
Not exactly high quality but I like the picture. Taken with my phone from the bridge wing of a DDG during an UNREP in fairly heavy seas.
Dolphins like to swim in the bow wave sometimes.
>>2509244
That's cool. I was going to join the Navy to be an engineer as well but, unfortunately, a tumor and permanent nerve damage in my hand prevented that from being a possibility.
>>2509251
Doh, that sucks. I'm not necessarily and engineer, I'm a SWO going to be a Chief Engineer (CHENG) on a DDG, so attending Department Head/PEO (Prospective Engineer Officer) school.
>>2509252
an engineer*
>>2509228
So my dad died in the navy
and his watch was the only thing that was left to me.
my mom and I were devastated but we are still strong
So im going into the navy to serve like my father when I found a note
under the watch was where I found it though I
cant read it because it was watered down so I took it to my friend
kent who was able to decipher it for me
so the note went like this
I love you son and to prove it I hid a message in this note to tell you that. to read it you must [spoiler]Read the first letter of each line[spoiler]
>>2509228
>Zeven Provinciën best Provinciën
bootin
>>2513342
I wish the X-47B was going into production. It looks awesome.
>>2509247
That's nuts. I love it. Here's an LCAC getting ready to take some Marines, we were standing by for some reason and I decided to snap a picture. Not quite /hr/ either, but I like the perspective.
>>2515870
And here's the welldecks of an LPD underway. It was cool seeing how much they can fit, there's probably at least three times as many HMMWVs, 7-tons, quad-cons, and JMICS out of frame on separate levels connected by large ramps.
>>2515878
This picture might look kind of boring, and it's stuff you don't pay attention to while you're aboard a ship. Most of the time you're walking past at a brisk pace, yanking the hatches open and closed behind you, passing Sailors and Marines, Officers, Chiefs, whatever. You mutter "Afternoon, sir" and you keep going. But other times you're waiting in line for chow or something, standing there staring at these funny lanterns while the bells and whistles sound over the 1-MC. So I wanted to remember that.
>>2515889
I'm talking too much and these aren't very /hr/, but here's my favorite fucking things on the whole ship: the big eyes. On the weatherdecks behind the bridge wings I watched ships pass and the sun rise.
>>2509242
why are they showing reduced maneuverability day signal?
>>2515913
Technically it's restricted, not reduced. I took the pic in 2008 so I can't remember exactly but my guess was UNREP or flight ops.
did somebody abandoned ship
yup
>>2509247
what's the possibility of these ships capsizing?
>>2515893
Wow, you can use those for free???
>>2518416
Big O, I was on one of the fishing boats nearby watching it go down..... it was spectacular.
>>2519630
Due to what?
>>2526834
The wave piercing bow has returned!
But no awesome figurehead. That sucks.
All I see here are a bunch of targets. Lets fix that with some real boats.
An idea of how little space there is inside. This is the crews mess during a pinning ceremony.
If you guys like them and want more let me know I probably have 1500 pictures from a deployment.
>>2535473
Yes please, Seeing ordinary navy life is refreshing to the endless propaganda pics. If you have stories please share.
Line for dinner. Can only serve so many people at a time and you only have one hour to feed the entire crew. About 130 people. The crews mess seats around 24. The wardroom about 8.
Berthing. Normally 3 men to 2 racks each person gets around 2/3's of the pan to store their stuff.
Sometimes that part or item you need is stored away in a tight spot. Entry and exit was made through that tiny square window.
Food selection is not always the best and often depends on what supplies you can get based on the area you are operating in. Fresh food runs out fast. And sometimes the budget isn't spent too well. Its nice to get steak and lobster occasionally; but when someone over orders it and thats all you can eat for 1-2 weeks because you don't want it to spoil not so good.
Pulling in to port isn't instantly a good time either. Lots of work to be done before anyone can leave the boat. And if you're in engineering you get to stay later to shut down the engine room after the others already left.
I'll try to answer any questions to the best of my allowances. A lot of info is classified and I don't think anyone want to be visited by the FBI.
All dressed up for the pull in home.
>>2535510
Fellow sailor here(Chief officer on a survey vessel) a few questions:
1. How long is a typical deployment (days between seeing home)
2. While submerged do you guys rely on dead reckoning or do you have a inertial navigation system or something different?
3. any fun customs or traditions? I heard there's one for crossing the equator, is there another for surfacing under the polar ice?
4. do many officers after their leaving the navy go to civilian shipping?
5. How's the pay?
6. As a percentage of the crew how many are designated as damage control?
7. How deep does a sub have to dive in order to get away from a storm/rough seas?
8. I heard that submariners only shower in 15 sec bursts, how bad is the smell?
.. I'll send you more questions when I can thank of them, and thanks for the posting
>>2535523
Good Questions.
1. 6 months minimum for a full deployment. Longest I spent underwater with out seeing the sun 66 days. No email, internet, or any contact with the outside world. Only had 4 port calls on the deployment, 3 days, 4.5 days, 5 days, 4 days.
2. We have many ways to navigate. Depends on how stealthy we need to be. Inertial, gps, visual, depth charts. I'm sure there is a lot more that could be said about it but im no NAV ET.
3. The list of traditions is very long. Crossing lines, pinnings, halfways nights, pizza pull ins, blue nose, shellback, angles n dangles, and a lot more. i would say cribbage is a big submarine thing too. the details that go into some of the traditions is sort of a right of passage so can't provide too many details. Submarines are a very tight knit community. When the surface officers see how we interact with ours they are normally quite confused or upset. In subs it means more to know your job and to be trusted to do it right then it does to have rank.
4.Officers and enlisted alike go to civilian shipping. However a lot of the officers and nuclear trained enlisted go to engineering jobs based shore side. More money to be had and most companies love hiring nukes.
5. The pays not enough to make up for it. $150 a month for E-5 under 2 years, capping at 425 for an e-9 over 8. You do get a lot of tax free pay though. Those combat zones are pretty popular destinations.
cont. in next post...
6. 100% Every single person on that boat is trained to fight any casualty. We have responded to fires under way and have to be able to man a full fireteam in FFE's and have SW hose on fire in 5 mins. Flooding, Fire, Gas, Torpedo Evasion, doesn't matter the casualty it will kill 130 people very fast. Part of earning your dolphins is that your entire crew trusts you to do the right thing to fight the casualty and not need to be explained what to do.
7. Depends on the seas. If its light not far at all. If the seas are heavier a bit more. But once you get below the waves you don't feel anything. Smoothest ride you'll ever be on.
8. Showers are iffy. So if your seawater injection is to hot,say like in the gulf you won't even turn on the hot water knob. You'd boil. If the machinery that makes the water is broke or in reduced status or if we are trying to be quiet showers are secured. You find ways to stay clean. Baby wipes, moistettes, whatever. A lot of things are invented out of necessity underway. Using all sorts of materials. Duct tape sandals, duct tape belts, make shift doors, rewelding chairs, you take it as it comes. As for the smell there are far worse smells then body odor. Trash, bilge water, musty oil/water/ dust mixes. You clean these up every day because your boat leaks like a sieve.
We work on a 18 hour day. 6 hours of watch, followed by 6 hours of offgoing support(30 minutes to eat, 1 hour to clean, 1 hour of training, maybe drils, and maintance) then 6 hours of your own personal time.
>>2535550
> $150 a month for E-5 under 2 years
Surely this is a typo, don't you mean 1500 $ a month?
>>2535554
thanks for your time, I think I'll start my own thread with some pics I have later. I'll link to it here.
>>2535555
No I mean you get an extra 150 dollars a month over that of a surface E5
>>2535558
ah.. that explains it, still not much considering the difference.
>>2535554
Thank you for sharing. Haven't ever been on a military vessel, but have always wondered about a few things out of curiosity.
Is the 6 hour schedule also present when in high alert?
I mean, not when being shot at or anything, but suppose you track some enemy vessel for several days or something more mundane like that.
And what about the "Give me 110% on the reactor/engine"-stuff, is that even possible? Always thought it sounded like something from a kids story (with all respect if it is possible, of course).
It's much appreciated with the everyday pictures. My everydays is mostly spent on delivering newspapers and reading log files, which is not bad at all, but gets a bit routinely.
>>2535563
The 6 hour schedule is always a thing. Unless shit is hitting the fan then everyone is awake doing something.
Most of the movie stuff is made up. They can order precise bells pretty accurately though. If they need a specific speed we can give it to them as long as it doesn't exceed our current plant tolerances. Theres a lot that goes into that factor.
And heres a nice overview of a sub, mostly accurate but limited a bit.
>>2535577
Looks like you guys must have some significant maneuvering restrictions when streaming? I've been in for about 7.5 years but have done DDGs the entire time.
>>2509231
Beautiful, that casual display of sea power
>>2509252
How do you like being swo?
>>2515889
>your ship will never look this clean and new
jdimsa
>>2535473
What r8 m8
>>2509234
Royal Navy image!
>>2546646
top image
>>2546645
MMN2
>>2547271
fake as fuck
>>2546605
It has its ups and downs like anything. Pretty fun at times, pretty frustrating sometimes. When things are clicking along, it's great. I enjoy traveling around and seeing different parts of the world, but we do a lot of other shit like inspections, lots of admin, and other necessary evils.
I'll be at the 10 year mark, roughly, when I finish my current obligation. Halfway to being retired by age 46. Still kinda debating if I want to do it for another 10 years or just call it a day and get a job somewhere and actually settle in somewhere. I guess whether or not I make LCDR will also play a role in that decision.
>>2547361
I guess another way to say it would be that the job COULD be so great, but the reality is that there are a lot of things that make it not great.
>>2547271
0/10 photoshop
>>2535495
Field Day
>>2509244
I plan on being an Officer. A bubblehead specifically. What's it like? Any tips?
Need to show some love for the subs too.
>>2535473
Please!
>>2535554
I hear about Surface sailors going all over the world and actually being able to visit in port and all, whats it like for submariners? Is all that touring and world seeing taken away?
>>2548843
If you're going to be a nuclear JO. You will have the most under paid and least respected jobs in the navy. You have a lot of work and take a lot of shit. You'll likely hate it for the first couple of years.
>>2548858
If you go fast attack you'll see just as many ports as a surface vessel. If you go carrier I hope you like dubai and bahrain because you'll just hit those over and over again.
>>2548853
Sure
>>2548843
Tips to being a good JO. Know that you won't know the plant as well as your operators and use them to get the job done well.
Know which guys you can trust not to screw you. And make friends with the one who are good. If your guys like you'll, they'll make you look good in front of your superiors. If not you'll hate life.
Stay on your captains good side.
Try not to be the CRA unless you are a masochist and love paperwork.
>>2535473
Subfag reporting in. Post more for nostalgia.
>>2535501
We once went two weeks eating nothing but chicken nuggets and rice.
love those huge flags
Tico being followed by two JSDF Kongos and a Burke
USS Essex with a Japanese DDG.
OC from 2011 Reno air show. The same one that left 11 people kill.
>>2519630
>>capsizing
lol.jpg
colliding is far more likely...
but the fuckers know what they're doing.
>>2548918
Sounds like heaven to me.
I'm pathetic, I know.
>>2509252
The fuck is a CHENG doing on 4chan, don't you have a department to make miserable
>>2515889
Got enough battle lanterns for the whole division in one p-way
>>2550163
Shipmate! Don't you have some PMS to be doing? Wipers completed?
who would win out of chinas navy and Americas navy?
>>2550342
>chinas navy
...is this a serious question?
>>2548996
seems you suffer from a benign form of nationalism.
>>2535503
and the Rx
>>2535516
battle dress whites. lol
Has anyone got pictures of the Tirpitz?
>>2556531
>benign
*tips fedora*
>>2509289
Any anons know where this is?
>>2558997
Orote Point, Guam
>>2560144
Oh, boy. Liberty in Guam.
a motley crew
>tfw you'll never see a ship
>Just keep rotating between hospitals and Marines
>Fucking recruiter said "Oh sure Corpman go on ships"
I just wanted to do some medical shit and be on a ship. Fucking green side bullshit.
![5atLNWU[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/MKJ5Lqg.jpg "5atLNWU[1].jpg")
>>2548996
>>2535554
jeez louise
I was so close to joining the Navy after high school. This thread makes me wish I did. Not like I'm any better off from going to college for 4 years instead...
>>2509228
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, OP.
Thank you guys for the pictures and information. Questions to the submarine guy:
1) Since you sometime don't see any sunlight for days, how does this affect you/your mood?
2) That 18 hour schedule: Are the 6 hours of personal time used for sleeping, or do you get an additional 6 hours for that? (to fill a 24-hour-cycle) Does the 18 hour shift also apply to the officers (i.e. the captain and so? Or do the commander and the captain never stay on the bridge at the same time? (sorry, newbie-question :-)
>>2576167
Days, its more 1-2 months. It depends on the person. I don't particularly care if i see the sun or not so it doesn't bother me. Others get antsy or angry or whatever. Everyone is different about it. The 18 hour schedule is boat wide for almost everybody except for pretty much the CO, XO, Doc, and the cooks and depending on the boat maybe the department heads. Everybody else is on the 18 hour schedule. The 6 hours of personnel time is for sleeping, games, movies, whatever you want. There is no designated sleep time.
Also don't run into underwater mountains. They always win.
Yes sir, op
>>2535464
Could you elaborate as to what a pinning ceremony is?
>>2535493
Is the second guy down playing a DS? Can you have those?
>>2535501
>food selection isn't always the best
idk pham, nuggers and fries are pretty dope
>>2509231
I almost can't be more american than it already is.... Until you realize that you are also looking at a pizza hut and a mcdonalds!
https://www.google.dk/maps/@36.9563216,-76.3258152,1047m/data=!3m1!1e3
>>2586353
LOL!!
>>2509231
Stupid question but what are those things floating on the sea like a fence?
>>2587837
Basically....a floating fence. When the ships are in dick they keep other shit, boats, and trash (among other surface floating shit) from coming up to the ships.
>>2587860
Dock*
Whoops.
>even my phone knows the navy is full of fags
>>2587860
Thanks
>>2586625
It's when a shipmate earns his dolphins and gets them pinned onto his chest. Its a big gathering of people to congratulate him, he gives a speech and receives a token from the crew. Its sort of a welcoming to becoming a submariner.
>>2586626
Underway you are allowed to have electronics in certain areas of the submarine. Not in the engine room or any other sensitive areas.
>>2524362
well, I kek'd
whats the pay like in the navy?
Honest question do guys really do initiations where they do gay stuff or is that just stupid rumours?
>>2519630
>what's the possibility of these ships capsizing?
They would have to be seriously damaged for that to happen to modern ships.
In WW2 some old destroyers were lost when in a typhoon, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYyYZfw5VGI
>>2595375
>>>/k/29088013
>>2509240
>freedom intensifies
before
during
after
Intelligent Whale
>>2535464
damn
>>2591620
You can go to Fall River, MA and walk all through it where it's retired
>>2509256
Thanks, dad.
>>2509303
This is an Murican' website just say boat no need for that you're a peein' techno babble son
>>2609778
That's the ship that robot pirates retro-fit with rocket boosters in fo4
it really happened though
>>2526834
Is that an early torpedo launcher beneath the statue?
>>2535464
Fucking hell these are giving me feels.
I wanted to be a submariner so bad and applied for NROTC in college to try to get in it but I have scoliosis bad enough the Navy didn't want me, even with a doctor's note saying it wouldn't affect me.
I got a good civilian job right out of school and everything, but I know not being able to go into the Navy is going to bug me for the rest of my life, I fucking know it.
/blog
Nice thread so far.
>>2576167
>>2576269
Subfag here.
1-2 Months? No. More like over 3 months without sunlight.
About the 18 hour days. 6 on watch, 6 offgoing (meaning eating, showering, maintenance, study, ect.), and 6 oncoming (sleep time). But! There are always drills (every single day for nukes) and training at least 2-3 times a week. If the training/drills fall on the oncoming time, you don't get to just sleep through it. So you could effectively be on watch, have drills on your offgoing, have training on your oncoming, and then stand watch again. It's fucking miserable.
>>2623987
Greetings my good submarine warrior. I suspect there is little actual homosex going on in a modern US sub, but surely most folks are rubbing one out as often as possible. Is this true? Is there a discretion protocol of some kind?
I already post this? The Iowa in restoration, Richmond, Ca.
I need some help. A few months ago there was a thread that was about a year old that had pics of a construction project at the Chernobyl power plant site.
I'm pretty sure it was on this board but could have been on wallpapers. I checked in on the thread over a period of months but now it's gone and I'm not sure what board it was on.
Any help on finding it would be cool. Thanks for any help you can give Anons.
I've got this thread bookmarked and will be checking on it everyday or so until 404s.
>>2628180
pretty sure it was on /hr/, wasnt that the one with all the timelaps webms?
>>2628191
I don't remember any webms but he updated it with pics every few weeks so you could see the project advancing.
>>2628195
all i remember is a thread filled with webms of cranes moving around the sarcophagus without appearing to do anything
>>2628195
It definitely was on /hr/ (I don't really go to /w/ or /wg/) but I think it was less than a year ago.
USS Peleliu
>>2628180
is this what you were after?
http://archive.4plebs.org/hr/thread/2499885/#2507606
>>2623987
Can you sleep more than that? 6 hours of sleep as a maximum seems pretty rough. Especially in this day and age when science has told us that sleep is very important.
>inb4 dont be a pussy
>>2624021
There is no discretion on a submarine, if you have a problem falling asleep while the guy in the rack next to you is beating it, then you just aren't going to make it.
>>2623987
>>2628757
Sleep more then 6 hours underway doesn't really exist if you are a nuke or a-gang. I was a nuke, i averaged about 4 hours of sleep on my last deployment. Unless your an FT, STS, CS, YN or some other coner type that doesn't have any real work to do, then you can sleep 12 hours pretty much and no one cares. So yeah pretty much don't be a pussy.
>>2631731
Why is this flying the American flag? Pretty sure that's a Spanish F100 class.
-The flags of other countries are flown when in maritime joint ops often.
-Cheng, in the machinery spaces? Lol too funny.(maybe in subland)
After 20 years in surface Agang(DD, FFG, DDG), I'm glad to be done. Cheers brothers, keep the lights on, the ac kicking, and the water pumping.
>>2559011
ive always liked this photoshoped boats that look like 90s airplanes
>>2629140
Other subfag here. They changed it to 24-hour days.
Turns out people can work better with more sleep and less schedule rotation.
So now, instead of rotating your sleep cycle every day to a new section of the day, you get an 8 hour block for your section, and that's how it is for any underway or deployment unless you get switched into a different section.
Also, speaking of: A-gang type here. And yea, we pretty much don't sleep because we actually fucking own most of the boats mechanical systems. Even some nuke shit.
>>2635445
Not shopped, and it was built in 84. It was an experimental stealth ship called the Sea Shadow.
>>2558760
Nooklear vwessal!
USS Theodore Roosevelt
https://www.rt.com/usa/238257-french-submarine-us-carrier/
US might well have done the same thing to the french during another drill. all these are just wargames. it made me smile though
>>2509231
As a Virginia resident, it's pretty cool to pass sights like this when on the way to the beach.
